Review by Saam Anwer http://www.diigo.com/09vbs Summary: This article is about how Facebook is an attractive site for job recruiters. Job recruiters are using Facebook as a source to reach out to a larger audience of employees that they couldn't reach by using other methods. this article shows interesting statistics to why people recruit on Facebook. Some of these interesting statistics are that Facebook is the sixth most visited site on the web so why not use it as an attractive source off recruiting? another statistic is that Facebook reaches an audience in the age group of 25-35 years, which is great because that's the age group that most recruiters seem to want to attract and hire for their jobs of interest. Recruiters only look at Facebook because of one important fact and that is that their is unseen talent in the world and recruiters are looking for that unique individual to work for them or join their cause. Another thing that this article points out is that most people that recruiters want is college students, and most college students have a Facebook so why not take advantage of the tools that are put in front of you? Response: At first I was not comfortable with the fact that recruiters look at peoples Facebook and personal information on the web to hire them, but now I understand why they search for people on these websites. why not search the most popular sites on the web for unique talent? Is it really a crime to reach out to millions of people on the web for your own personal gains or needs? I was fascinated by the fact that Facebook was indeed the sixth most popular site on the web and that was the reason why recruiters were so attracted to it. Usefulness: This article is useful in many ways because it tells recruiters that there are populous web sites and that they should take advantage of those sites for marketing purposes. This text supports my research by highlighting the main reasons for recruiters trying to approach Facebook users on the web.
Chelsea Lakis
March 10th, 2010
"How do you know your love is real? Check Facebook" http://www.diigo.com/09u5j
SUMMARY: The article "How do you know your love is real? Check Facebook" on CNN.com discusses the current trend of posting relationship status's on facebook to make them official or not. The author presents both sides, that in a negative perspective, the fact that we base our relationship authenticity around facebook is kinda of a silly thing and has completely changed the age of relationships and privacy. On a positive note, the author presents the side that many people want others to know more about them, so they post information about themselves so openly on facebook to do so.
RESPONSE:This article makes me wonder if facebook should be the final say if two people are single or together. It seems almost funny to me that the only way to let people know you are with someone else, is to post it on facebook... because that's when it's really "real".
USEFULNESS: This text was the most useful article I have read so far because it recognizes the same questions that arose for me in my inquiry. I wanted to research relationships and friendships and their relationship between facebook and society. Would things between people be the same if there wasn't a facebook? One side was presented that facebook is a way to connect with so many more people than you could keep in contact with using just a phone. It also rose the question, if there wasn't a facebook, would relationships still have the same social requirements and patterns that we can see through facebook (such as a relationship is official when its on facebook).
Summary: This article was about how people are very concerned with their privacy online and on social networking sites such as Facebook. They also said that people are worried about what certain people see on their pages. People get worried about who can see what on their pages because when their family members or friends will see them doing things that they do not want to be judged by or identified as a certain party they went to or an inappropriate picture they were tagged in. The article also talks about how there are many applications on social networking sites such as Facebook that can help you make your page more private. You can block a friend from seeing your pictures and your profile. On the web now a days there are many different ways to help protect your identity. Response: I do believe that today the web has come up with new ways to help people protect their privacy. I am friends with both my parents on Facebook and other family members and I do not want them to see my pictures from the latest party I went to while at college. I want my family to still see me as their innocent little girl and even though they know I party and go out at school I still do not like them to see my pictures I post on my Facebook. To keep them from looking at my page, I have blocked them so they can only see my profile and cannot click into my pictures.
By: Brian MacMillan
"Personal Identity...Facebook Identity by Mathew Johnson"
Summary: In this article it talks about how in when dealing with human nature it is inherent for one to express one's self in order to forge a personal identity. It goes on about how Facebook has become increasingly popular and millions of people are using it today. This article discusses how Facebook let's us see ourselves in a third person view and this can affect what we say about each others identity's. People may lie about some of the characteristics that Facebook puts on your individual profile page. They do this because they want to be perceived a certain way online. The article then ends by the auther saying that Facebook is virtually changing how we interact with the world around us. Response: I completely agree with this author and how he says that Facebook is changing the world around us. People can easily make a profile on Facebook and easily change what their interests are by the click of a mouse. In the end this is bad I feel like because people are hiding behind their computers and not showing who they really are. Instead they are making up profiles of who they want to be and how they want to be perceived. Usefulness: This article is useful to me because it is about my topic; Facebook and how people try and create an alternate personality online. Facebook is meant to stay in contact with close friends and family. People get too caught up in how they want other people to look at them. When dealing with Facebook too many people think about the third person. They put too much time and effort to have themselves be perceived a certain way online when in reality they should just say the truth about themselves.
http://www.diigo.com/09sd3
By: Tiffany Tanquary
“This is Why Facebook is Dangerous”
By: Sarah
Summary: This article is about a woman who entered the facebook world, and once she did, she discovered a lot about herself. There are many positive and negative outlooks on facebook. To Sarah, her facebook story is negative. After reconnecting with old friends from high school on facebook, she decided to analyze her past, high school about fifteen years prior. At this time her goal was to have a lot of kids and do something really important with her life that impacts others. Her life now, consists of no children; she hates her job, and has not made any major impacts on anyone or the world. Sarah feels as though that she should have done more with her life by now, she is in her thirties and has nothing to really show for it. Facebook makes her feel bad about herself and her lack of accomplishments.
Response: I feel as though facebook does make you think a lot about yourself and your accomplishments. Facebook allows you to document your life and show it to the world. You can post pictures of your newborn, or of you winning that award, or of your promotion. Facebook also allows you to post a status about how great your life is, or brag about how your child got a 4.0 this semester. Your facebook page is a reflection of yourself and what you have been up to. If you have nothing to show for yourself, you will have nothing exciting to post or talk about on your page. I know that I like to change my profile picture constantly to keep people updated about my new hair color, or that I have a great tan. Much like Sarah, I think of myself as vain when I say these things out loud, but I feel as though it is the truth for everyone in the facebook network.
Usefulness: This article is useful because it is relevant to society today because so many people are active on facebook. Do not get jealous of other people on the Internet, and do not think badly about yourself because you do not have new and exciting pictures every single weekend. Facebook is supposed to be fun, not a life competition.
http://www.twoheadedblog.com/?p=2036 WHEN MOM OR DAD ASK’S TO BE A “FACEBOOK” FRIEND
By: Yesenia Angel Summary: This article was about how there are a growing amount of parents on facebook and how their teenage daughter/son react to it. You can accept them, or you can deny them but what is the right thing to do? It reflects on the fact that facebook used to only be for college students and now that it’s open to everyone, how has that changed things. In 2005 it was opened to high school students and then eventually in 2006 they decided to open it up to the general public. This sparked many strikes and many groups like “abolish parents” showed up. Where some people love having their parents as friends others find it very disturbing. Steve Jones, a professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago who has studied digital culture extensively, said there's a difference between the world and your parents. "What they want to keep most private is not something they wish to keep from strangers, it's the things they want to keep from people that know them," he said. "It's 'I don't care what someone who doesn't know me finds out. But I do care about what someone I know intimately [does].”
Response: Thankfully I haven’t personally faced the dilemma of whether or not to add my parents on facebook because they are a little more old fashioned and not up on the technology but I can see where people would have a problem with accepting a request from their mom or dad. So much information is up in the air, and it would be awkward to have them see that. I like the comment made by Steve Jones because it goes to show that we do like to perceive ourselves a certain way, and it’s awkward when people who know you so well seeing you act in a certain way that they might not be used too. As much as I enjoy talking to my parents and being honest with them, I’d still feel uneasy about adding them as my friend on facebook for some reason. Usefulness: What I want to know more about is how people find out things about you on facebook and it results in ruining friendships or relationships. I thought this article was super interesting and a good step toward my facebook research. I’m still unsure to what I want to research so exploring different articles is perfectly fine with me. This article provided interesting information and I’m glad I was able to explore it.
Aratani, Lori. "When Mom or Dad Asks To Be a Facebook 'Friend'" The
Washington Post 9 Mar. 2009: 1-3. Print.
BY: Gabriela Sokhanvari
Your Facebook Relationship Status: It's Complicated
By Claire Suddath
Summary:
This article is about the ever so popular question, “is it facebook official?” If anyone has ever had a romantic relationship with someone else, I guarantee they have been asked this question at least once or twice. This piece of writing focuses on how the relationship status on facebook has become more than just another asset on your personal web page but it has become a source of serious fights, confusion, and annoyance in the real world. The chain texts that go out once one person sees the change from in a relationship to single is quiet humorous to some, but this article demonstrates how the simple act of updating your personal status can send a message that you are now available back out to the public in a matter of seconds.
Response:
There have been several cases in which an accidental facebook relationship change can cause a stream of unwanted texts and phone calls asking what happened, or a heart broken ex girl friend is now humiliated due to the public announcement that her boyfriend broke up with her. I have witnessed first hand with many friends being upset that her ex boyfriend beat her to the punch on changing the status and now it looks like he dumped her. These are all trivial issues but when they are exposed to the public on such a personal level they become very real and often make people feel victimized or pressured into an unfavorable situation. This is very common in boys in relationships. They often complain that they are not ready to go facebook official but are feeling pressured because they already received the request. The seriousness of this facebook aspect has become a trend in our society and I have begun to wonder if it is getting out of hand.
Usefulness:
This article is useful because it is so relevant, I do not believe that there is one person who has read this review and not heard of this unusual trend that is occurring. This also targets on how the internet is slowly bleeding into our lives and becoming a reality. Is this worrisome? http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1895694,00.html http://www.diigo.com/09guf
Summary: This article was written by the New York Times and it was all about different identities on the web and new Social Networking Websites. It talked about how your identity on social networking sites can be stolen or taken before you get to sign up for your site. It also talked about how you can be anyone on the web that you want to be, for example: many people make Facebook's that are celebrities name's and when the actual person wants to make their own Facebook they have trouble because it is already taken. The article also talked about how someone's true identity is hard to find on the web and these new social networking sites.
Response: When I was reading this article, I agreed with a lot of what the author was talking about. We live in a new age where technology is going to take over and already has made such a large difference in our society. Everyone relies on media and technology in their daily lives, we have almost gotten dependent on it. Identity in this new media age is getting harder and harder because there are so many people online and on social networks that anyone can sign up and put any name they want. With this new tool it is making it easier for people to have their identity stolen or for them to make themselves look like something they are not.
Usefulness: This text is going to help me with my research because it will help me because I am going to be writing my paper on the identities that people have on Facebook and how their identity will change on who views their site and how their identity is in real life outside of social networking on the web.
BY: Gabby Sokhanvari
More Information than You Ever Wanted: Does Facebook
Bring Out the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy?
Amy Muise, M.Sc., Emily Christofides, M.Sc., and Serge Desmarais, Ph.D.
Abstract
Summary:
This text is about how the phenomena we all know as facebook is negatively impacting romantic relationships around the world. The idea of re connecting with a long lost friend seems like a great concept but what happens when your partner who lives thousands of miles away or even next door sees pictures of you with the opposite sex? Suspicion and jealousy are the two emotions normally pin pointed when this takes place. The authors have interviewed hundreds of undergraduates to confirm their hypothesis on this negative effect that facebook has. They have found that a partner is normally put off by what they see in the other partner’s recent activity. A new “friend add” or new picture updates often trigger the imagined situation of a partner’s unfaithfulness. This then leads to insane jealousy and fear of the unknown and in turn, it impacts the relationship in a negative way.
Response:
I find this article extremely interesting due to the level of truth that it holds. I have seen this facebook jealousy impact numerous friends and even myself. This just raises the question, is there a reason that we are all acting this way? Or is facebook just taking the activity out of a person’s life and putting it in a negative context for everyone’s partner to worry about? I would like to see more interviews done on this specific topic to hear everyone’s shared concerns.
Usefulness:
The topic of facebook in general is a very broad due to the countless aspects that someone could choose to focus on. This concept of only knowing what someone wants you to know is very interesting to me, especially when it comes to romantic relationships. In a world where so many aspects of it have become to corrupt, it is only natural that we question things. My question is, do we really need another source to help us be inquisitive about our personal lives?
( I could not sticky note my original article because it was in PDF format but i found a similar one and cited that one instead) http://www.diigo.com/09gs3 http://mashable.com/2009/08/09/facebook-relationship-jealous/
Review: by Tiffany Tanquary
The article, "Facebook at work problems growing, say employers," by Christopher Adams is a very compelling article. It is about how Facebook is not controlled in the work force. Therefore, employers are stating their personal feelings about their co-workers and employers online. Many times, more than most, these comments on facebook are negative. This gives the company a negative reputation and makes them look bad on a professional level. This article is also about how former employers, who have quit or have been fired, make up bad things and say horrible comments about their employers once they have left the company. This makes people not want to work there and is embarrassing to the employer in which they speak poorly about.
After reading this article, I have realized that facebook is not all fun and games. For me, Facebook is an enjoyment, where I can see what all of my friends are up to and contact people who do not live in the same town as me. But Facebook may have more negative impacts on society than positive. What would our world today be like without Facebook? Would it be drastically different? I think so. Facebook is brainwashing people of all ages, changing their opinions, advertising new products and ides, changing the way we think, speak, and communicate with others all around the world.
I believe this article is useful for this class because it is a great example of how you should not burn your bridges with others. Do not treat others poorly because people are capable of bad mouthing you and repeating things that you say to them on the internet. This also goes both ways. We need to learn to not say bad things about other or gossip about other people on the internet because it may interfere with their future jobs or careers. It is disrespectful and you would not want people to say bad things about you on the internet, so do not do it to others.
This article, “Faecbook”, talks about the online social network that it is. Started by a Harvard college student, Mark Zuckerberg, this network has become a huge website for all ages, all around the world. With over 200 million users, Facebook has much to offer. Like most of us know, the site allows for users to create a profile, and from that profile share different things about them that they want others to know. Facebook has raised over $600 million since it was first started in 2004. Many people use this network because of all the features and items it has to offer, as well as its easy navigation for those who may not be as “internet savvy”.
The most interesting thing that I have learned about Facebook that not many people know is that Facebook was originally designed to be strictly a college student-networking site, where you had to have a legitimist college campus e-mail address. Without one, you could not create an account. Now, people of all ages have their own profiles! One thing about the article that confuses me is the question of where do all the funds to keep the site running come from? Facebook is free of charge, and doesn’t require any credit card information at all. I do know that they have advertisements all over the pages, but not one person that I know actually use those Ad’s.
I believe that this article is very useful. For someone who doesn’t know anything about Facebook or how it came to be, this article gives the summary information one would need to know to further understand the function of the network. There is also some information in the article that people may not know, even if they do have an account.
Facebook is one of the biggest used social networking web sites that we have to offer today. With over 200 million users, you have to know at least a few people online!
Summary: This article “Facebook: The New Classroom Commons?” by Harriet L. Schwartz is about Facebook as the social network and the questionable topic relating to academic contexts. Between personal and professional levels and the boundaries made in classrooms regarding the use of Facebook for school work.
Response: One thing I questioned about the article was that it seemed that it was written by an older woman who was writing how she felt about the topic, not relating it to any other age groups. She would talk about Facebook as a way to check up on her children and see old friends. But for the readers like me, Facebook means a whole different thing to me like being socially involved with my peers. Another point that she made very clear was the topic of Facebook relating to school work in the classrooms. I found it very interesting to realize that technology is changing so many ways that students actually connect with their teachers threw social networks as if we would talk to our close friends. I would like to know more about the classroom involvement with Facebook and maybe a survey of how many students would want to be friends with their teachers on Facebook or Myspace.
Usefulness: This article I found will defiantly help our class research because it’s a great connection between the school and social media that students use each day. More information could be even more helpful but this is a great surface to start with.
More Information than You Ever Wanted: Does Facebook Bring Out the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy? REVIEW BY YESENIA ANGEL Summary: This article was about how as the biggest most rapid online Phenomenon Facebook is changing the nature of social relationships. It suggests that Facebook may be responsible for creating jealousy and suspicion in romantic relationships. The article states that using Facebook exposes people to tons of information that they might not have access to and when they find out this information problems start to arise. You can see changes in your partner's profile, the pictures they are tagged in, who they are friends with, and the messages posted on their wall. Although the article mentions that Facebook has many positive aspects like connecting you to family, reuniting with long-lost friends, and it can even play a huge role in keeping a long distance relationship, the studies show that discussions with undergraduates points out that Facebook heavily affects their relationships and friendships. Amy Muise states in the article that "feeling jealous in a specific situation, such as imagining a partner committing infidelity, are generated by specific levels of emotional jealousy". This is just something that might happen when you are on your partners page and you feel a sudden jealousy and then you start thinking to hard and then you imagine them doing something totally wrong against you. Response: I thought this article was interesting. I still wish I had more statistics or info to learn about if relationships being ruined because of Facebook. I found it interesting how they mentioned people become paranoid when reading their significant other's page and then that paranoia becomes jealousy. When that jealousy arises then they get mad and start a fight with their partner even if nothing is really happening. I guess I can say I can relate to this article because there has been times I've been questioned "Who's that?", "When did that Happen?" and so on. Jealousy over Facebook is so unnecessary sometimes. I know that many friendships get destroyed over Facebook and relationships too and that's why I enjoyed this article. I want to get into detail of why these things happen over status, other friends, and pictures. I was also wondering if identity had anything to do with this. Is it wrong that your girlfriend/ boyfriend doesn't want to change his status from "single" to "in a relationship"? I want to know more about the details of Facebook and it's affect on relationships. Usefulness: This article related to what I was researching and it gave me some good info.
I thought it was too short, so it wasn't as helpful as I would've liked it to be. I can take what I read from this text and keep researching. This text should've helped introduce what I might be interested in researching for the rest of the semester.
Muise, Amy, Emily Christofides, and Serge Desmarias. "More Information than You Ever Wanted: Does Facebook Bring Out the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy?" More Information than You Ever Wanted: Does Facebook Bring Out the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy? (2009). Ebsco host. Web. 10 Feb. 2010.
Summary on Intended Image on Facebook: "What Were They Thinking?"
In this article, with the link posted above, it talks about how popular Facebook has gotten with not only college students, but high school students, as well as older and younger people of age. It talked about how the many more employers are now looking on their prospective employee's profiles to see if they have any inappropriate images or posts of themselves on it. Many employers are scanning Facebook pages and making decisions based off the information they find, because they want to know that their employees will represent their business in a positive way. In the article, it also had statistics about what kind of inappropriate material can be found on pages, such as 42% had posts or comments about alcohol use, 53% had images with alcohol in them. 20% had comments regarding sexual activity, and 25% had sexually provocative photos. Today people and especially young people need to think about what they post on their Facebook and other websites, because the way they show their image on the web can be very hurtful to their image in person, when it comes to a job or anything else.
Summary Written By: Kelsey Dumas
Study Finds Link Between Facebook Use, Lower Grades in College
Review by: Jane Doe
Summary: The article “Study Finds Link Between Facebook Use, Lower Grades in College” is about how college students who use the popular website, Facebook, generally have lower GPAs than the students who do not use Facebook. One of the points that the author is making is that students who use Facebook do not study as much as people who do not participate in the site. The author backs this statement up by providing a statistic that states “users said they averaged one to five hours a week studying, while non-users studied 11 to 15 hours per week.” Another point that is made by the author is that college students who use Facebook have lower GPAs than students who do not use Facebook. This hypothesis is backed up by the statement, “Facebook users in the study had GPAs between 3.0 and 3.5, while non-users had GPAs between 3.5 and 4.0.
Response: This text raised a couple of questions for me. It made me wonder that if I cancelled my Facebook and even my Myspace account, maybe I would have better grades in college. I also wondered that if I were to delete my Facebook account, if I would discover some other activity to distract myself with. This is most likely the truth because like many other college students, we are always surrounded by numerous distractions. I live in the dorms, just like the majority of college freshman, which provides so many distractions. What I found interesting about this text was that the students majoring in science, technology, engineering, math, and business used facebook more than people who were majoring in humanities and social sciences. I would think that the people who were majoring in humanities and social sciences would use Facebook more because those people tend to be more social in my eyes. I also found it interesting that lower grades are supposedly the result of students socializing more online. What was confusing for me was that 79 percent of students claimed that Facebook did not have an impact on their academic performance. I tend to disagree, because I know that Facebook does impact my academic performance because I am so distracted when I am on facebook, and it makes me less likely to do my homework and study.
Usefulness: What I want to know more about is how adults are being distracted my Facebook. It is not just college students who are using Facebook; it is also adults. My mother uses Facebook and Twitter on a regular basis, and I am sure that it distracts her while she is at work. What we can make of this text is that we can use it to show evidence for how technology is distracting us and taking time away from time away from face-to-face socialization.
More Information than You Ever Wanted: Does Facebook
Bring Out the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy?
Amy Muise, M.Sc., Emily Christofides, M.Sc., and Serge Desmarais, Ph.D.
Abstract
Summary:
This text is about how the phenomena we all know as facebook is negatively impacting romantic relationships around the world. The idea of re connecting with a long lost friend seems like a great concept but what happens when your partner who lives thousands of miles away or even next door sees pictures of you with the opposite sex? Suspicion and jealousy are the two emotions normally pin pointed when this takes place. The authors have interviewed hundreds of undergraduates to confirm their hypothesis on this negative effect that facebook has. They have found that a partner is normally put off by what they see in the other partner’s recent activity. A new “friend add” or new picture updates often trigger the imagined situation of a partner’s unfaithfulness. This then leads to insane jealousy and fear of the unknown and in turn, it impacts the relationship in a negative way.
Response:
I find this article extremely interesting due to the level of truth that it holds. I have seen this facebook jealousy impact numerous friends and even myself. This just raises the question, is there a reason that we are all acting this way? Or is facebook just taking the activity out of a person’s life and putting it in a negative context for everyone’s partner to worry about? I would like to see more interviews done on this specific topic to hear everyone’s shared concerns.
Usefulness:
The topic of facebook in general is a very broad due to the countless aspects that someone could choose to focus on. This concept of only knowing what someone wants you to know is very interesting to me, especially when it comes to romantic relationships. In a world where so many aspects of it have become to corrupt, it is only natural that we question things. My question is, do we really need another source to help us be inquisitive about our personal lives? http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=10&hid=8&sid=70d6ad45-887b-40d1-9eba-413c422d5709%40sessionmgr13
Response by: Alissa Iaccino
Topic: Are social netowkring sites bad for kids?
Summary: My article talks about if Facebook, Myspace, Twitter or any other networking site is bad for children or not? Most parents fear their kids being on a social networking site for obvious reasons of safety. This article takes different opinions, of different parents (some celebreities), on social netowrking sites. Concluding with his opinion that social networking should not be banned for children just monitored.
Response: I would have to agree with the opinion of the author but also have a little of my own opinion too. I don't think kids younger than 13 should have a facebook or myspace or any type of social network. And if they do then i do agree that parents should have the right to monitor it. An argument made in the article was that social networking is the best way for kids to learn about the world. But I don't think that most kids now a day are going to be adding or even looking for kids around the world. They will be adding their friends or people who add them (who may or may not be real kids). The internet can be a good search engine to find out more about other cultures but I don't think many kids will be using it for that too unless it is for school or parents monitor them. Another point that I want to make is that social netowrking is not going to teach kids about the real world. Having a realationship over text or email is not the same as having a relationship based off seeing and knowing the person face to face. Social netowrking might be hurting kids social skilld that they will need for real life.
Usefullness: I think this article tells us a lot of what social networking may or may not be doing to children these days. And it give a lot of different opinions from a parents point of view.
Response 2 by Alissa Iaccino
Topis: Are social networking sites bad for kids?
Summary: This article talks about two doctors opinions on the effects social networking has on children today. Both have different opinions on the effect and influence they have in a young kids life. One thinks that it is extremely dangerous and damaging the way we can begin and end relationships with a click of a button. And will also cause people to act out more to get the same thrills out of every day life, that they now find boring. The other doctor thinks that using social media is a better way to communicate because it is harder to talk to someone face to face and then no communcation happens.
Response: Well I would have to agree with the first doctor. I think that social networking should not be used by any child younger than 14 or 15. Maybe even 17. I think there are many problems with social networking and how it effects lives. For one relationships. Just like the doctor said, it is so easy to just burn bridges with people. Is that such a good thing? And is it making it harder for people to live in the real world without getting bored leading them to get hurt. I think so. If it is so hard to talk to strangers now a days and start a relationship with them it is because of the effect social media has had on us. And more so for young kids, is that they have no idea who they are talking to half the time. That should be every parents number one reason for monitouring or not allowing their kids to have social networking accounts. http://www.diigo.com/09j11
Review by Saam Anwer
http://www.diigo.com/09vbs
Summary: This article is about how Facebook is an attractive site for job recruiters. Job recruiters are using Facebook as a source to reach out to a larger audience of employees that they couldn't reach by using other methods. this article shows interesting statistics to why people recruit on Facebook. Some of these interesting statistics are that Facebook is the sixth most visited site on the web so why not use it as an attractive source off recruiting? another statistic is that Facebook reaches an audience in the age group of 25-35 years, which is great because that's the age group that most recruiters seem to want to attract and hire for their jobs of interest. Recruiters only look at Facebook because of one important fact and that is that their is unseen talent in the world and recruiters are looking for that unique individual to work for them or join their cause. Another thing that this article points out is that most people that recruiters want is college students, and most college students have a Facebook so why not take advantage of the tools that are put in front of you?
Response: At first I was not comfortable with the fact that recruiters look at peoples Facebook and personal information on the web to hire them, but now I understand why they search for people on these websites. why not search the most popular sites on the web for unique talent? Is it really a crime to reach out to millions of people on the web for your own personal gains or needs? I was fascinated by the fact that Facebook was indeed the sixth most popular site on the web and that was the reason why recruiters were so attracted to it.
Usefulness: This article is useful in many ways because it tells recruiters that there are populous web sites and that they should take advantage of those sites for marketing purposes. This text supports my research by highlighting the main reasons for recruiters trying to approach Facebook users on the web.
Chelsea Lakis
March 10th, 2010
"How do you know your love is real? Check Facebook"
http://www.diigo.com/09u5j
SUMMARY: The article "How do you know your love is real? Check Facebook" on CNN.com discusses the current trend of posting relationship status's on facebook to make them official or not. The author presents both sides, that in a negative perspective, the fact that we base our relationship authenticity around facebook is kinda of a silly thing and has completely changed the age of relationships and privacy. On a positive note, the author presents the side that many people want others to know more about them, so they post information about themselves so openly on facebook to do so.
RESPONSE:This article makes me wonder if facebook should be the final say if two people are single or together. It seems almost funny to me that the only way to let people know you are with someone else, is to post it on facebook... because that's when it's really "real".
USEFULNESS: This text was the most useful article I have read so far because it recognizes the same questions that arose for me in my inquiry. I wanted to research relationships and friendships and their relationship between facebook and society. Would things between people be the same if there wasn't a facebook? One side was presented that facebook is a way to connect with so many more people than you could keep in contact with using just a phone. It also rose the question, if there wasn't a facebook, would relationships still have the same social requirements and patterns that we can see through facebook (such as a relationship is official when its on facebook).
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By: Kelsey Dumas
March 10, 2010
"Identity 2.0" http://identity20.com/?p=195
Summary: This article was about how people are very concerned with their privacy online and on social networking sites such as Facebook. They also said that people are worried about what certain people see on their pages. People get worried about who can see what on their pages because when their family members or friends will see them doing things that they do not want to be judged by or identified as a certain party they went to or an inappropriate picture they were tagged in. The article also talks about how there are many applications on social networking sites such as Facebook that can help you make your page more private. You can block a friend from seeing your pictures and your profile. On the web now a days there are many different ways to help protect your identity.
Response: I do believe that today the web has come up with new ways to help people protect their privacy. I am friends with both my parents on Facebook and other family members and I do not want them to see my pictures from the latest party I went to while at college. I want my family to still see me as their innocent little girl and even though they know I party and go out at school I still do not like them to see my pictures I post on my Facebook. To keep them from looking at my page, I have blocked them so they can only see my profile and cannot click into my pictures.
By: Brian MacMillan"Personal Identity...Facebook Identity by Mathew Johnson"
Summary: In this article it talks about how in when dealing with human nature it is inherent for one to express one's self in order to forge a personal identity. It goes on about how Facebook has become increasingly popular and millions of people are using it today. This article discusses how Facebook let's us see ourselves in a third person view and this can affect what we say about each others identity's. People may lie about some of the characteristics that Facebook puts on your individual profile page. They do this because they want to be perceived a certain way online. The article then ends by the auther saying that Facebook is virtually changing how we interact with the world around us.
Response: I completely agree with this author and how he says that Facebook is changing the world around us. People can easily make a profile on Facebook and easily change what their interests are by the click of a mouse. In the end this is bad I feel like because people are hiding behind their computers and not showing who they really are. Instead they are making up profiles of who they want to be and how they want to be perceived.
Usefulness: This article is useful to me because it is about my topic; Facebook and how people try and create an alternate personality online. Facebook is meant to stay in contact with close friends and family. People get too caught up in how they want other people to look at them. When dealing with Facebook too many people think about the third person. They put too much time and effort to have themselves be perceived a certain way online when in reality they should just say the truth about themselves.
http://www.diigo.com/09sd3
By: Tiffany Tanquary
“This is Why Facebook is Dangerous”
By: Sarah
Summary: This article is about a woman who entered the facebook world, and once she did, she discovered a lot about herself. There are many positive and negative outlooks on facebook. To Sarah, her facebook story is negative. After reconnecting with old friends from high school on facebook, she decided to analyze her past, high school about fifteen years prior. At this time her goal was to have a lot of kids and do something really important with her life that impacts others. Her life now, consists of no children; she hates her job, and has not made any major impacts on anyone or the world. Sarah feels as though that she should have done more with her life by now, she is in her thirties and has nothing to really show for it. Facebook makes her feel bad about herself and her lack of accomplishments.
Response: I feel as though facebook does make you think a lot about yourself and your accomplishments. Facebook allows you to document your life and show it to the world. You can post pictures of your newborn, or of you winning that award, or of your promotion. Facebook also allows you to post a status about how great your life is, or brag about how your child got a 4.0 this semester. Your facebook page is a reflection of yourself and what you have been up to. If you have nothing to show for yourself, you will have nothing exciting to post or talk about on your page. I know that I like to change my profile picture constantly to keep people updated about my new hair color, or that I have a great tan. Much like Sarah, I think of myself as vain when I say these things out loud, but I feel as though it is the truth for everyone in the facebook network.
Usefulness: This article is useful because it is relevant to society today because so many people are active on facebook. Do not get jealous of other people on the Internet, and do not think badly about yourself because you do not have new and exciting pictures every single weekend. Facebook is supposed to be fun, not a life competition.
http://www.twoheadedblog.com/?p=2036
WHEN MOM OR DAD ASK’S TO BE A “FACEBOOK” FRIEND
By: Yesenia Angel
Summary: This article was about how there are a growing amount of parents on facebook and how their teenage daughter/son react to it. You can accept them, or you can deny them but what is the right thing to do? It reflects on the fact that facebook used to only be for college students and now that it’s open to everyone, how has that changed things. In 2005 it was opened to high school students and then eventually in 2006 they decided to open it up to the general public. This sparked many strikes and many groups like “abolish parents” showed up. Where some people love having their parents as friends others find it very disturbing. Steve Jones, a professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago who has studied digital culture extensively, said there's a difference between the world and your parents. "What they want to keep most private is not something they wish to keep from strangers, it's the things they want to keep from people that know them," he said. "It's 'I don't care what someone who doesn't know me finds out. But I do care about what someone I know intimately [does].”
Response: Thankfully I haven’t personally faced the dilemma of whether or not to add my parents on facebook because they are a little more old fashioned and not up on the technology but I can see where people would have a problem with accepting a request from their mom or dad. So much information is up in the air, and it would be awkward to have them see that. I like the comment made by Steve Jones because it goes to show that we do like to perceive ourselves a certain way, and it’s awkward when people who know you so well seeing you act in a certain way that they might not be used too. As much as I enjoy talking to my parents and being honest with them, I’d still feel uneasy about adding them as my friend on facebook for some reason.
Usefulness: What I want to know more about is how people find out things about you on facebook and it results in ruining friendships or relationships. I thought this article was super interesting and a good step toward my facebook research. I’m still unsure to what I want to research so exploring different articles is perfectly fine with me. This article provided interesting information and I’m glad I was able to explore it.
Aratani, Lori. "When Mom or Dad Asks To Be a Facebook 'Friend'" The
Washington Post 9 Mar. 2009: 1-3. Print.
BY: Gabriela SokhanvariYour Facebook Relationship Status: It's Complicated
By Claire Suddath
Summary:
This article is about the ever so popular question, “is it facebook official?” If anyone has ever had a romantic relationship with someone else, I guarantee they have been asked this question at least once or twice. This piece of writing focuses on how the relationship status on facebook has become more than just another asset on your personal web page but it has become a source of serious fights, confusion, and annoyance in the real world. The chain texts that go out once one person sees the change from in a relationship to single is quiet humorous to some, but this article demonstrates how the simple act of updating your personal status can send a message that you are now available back out to the public in a matter of seconds.
Response:
There have been several cases in which an accidental facebook relationship change can cause a stream of unwanted texts and phone calls asking what happened, or a heart broken ex girl friend is now humiliated due to the public announcement that her boyfriend broke up with her. I have witnessed first hand with many friends being upset that her ex boyfriend beat her to the punch on changing the status and now it looks like he dumped her. These are all trivial issues but when they are exposed to the public on such a personal level they become very real and often make people feel victimized or pressured into an unfavorable situation. This is very common in boys in relationships. They often complain that they are not ready to go facebook official but are feeling pressured because they already received the request. The seriousness of this facebook aspect has become a trend in our society and I have begun to wonder if it is getting out of hand.
Usefulness:
This article is useful because it is so relevant, I do not believe that there is one person who has read this review and not heard of this unusual trend that is occurring. This also targets on how the internet is slowly bleeding into our lives and becoming a reality. Is this worrisome?
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1895694,00.html
http://www.diigo.com/09guf
By: Kelsey Dumas February 17, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/technology/internet/18name.html
Summary: This article was written by the New York Times and it was all about different identities on the web and new Social Networking Websites. It talked about how your identity on social networking sites can be stolen or taken before you get to sign up for your site. It also talked about how you can be anyone on the web that you want to be, for example: many people make Facebook's that are celebrities name's and when the actual person wants to make their own Facebook they have trouble because it is already taken. The article also talked about how someone's true identity is hard to find on the web and these new social networking sites.
Response: When I was reading this article, I agreed with a lot of what the author was talking about. We live in a new age where technology is going to take over and already has made such a large difference in our society. Everyone relies on media and technology in their daily lives, we have almost gotten dependent on it. Identity in this new media age is getting harder and harder because there are so many people online and on social networks that anyone can sign up and put any name they want. With this new tool it is making it easier for people to have their identity stolen or for them to make themselves look like something they are not.
Usefulness: This text is going to help me with my research because it will help me because I am going to be writing my paper on the identities that people have on Facebook and how their identity will change on who views their site and how their identity is in real life outside of social networking on the web.
BY: Gabby SokhanvariMore Information than You Ever Wanted: Does Facebook
Bring Out the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy?
Amy Muise, M.Sc., Emily Christofides, M.Sc., and Serge Desmarais, Ph.D.
Abstract
Summary:
This text is about how the phenomena we all know as facebook is negatively impacting romantic relationships around the world. The idea of re connecting with a long lost friend seems like a great concept but what happens when your partner who lives thousands of miles away or even next door sees pictures of you with the opposite sex? Suspicion and jealousy are the two emotions normally pin pointed when this takes place. The authors have interviewed hundreds of undergraduates to confirm their hypothesis on this negative effect that facebook has. They have found that a partner is normally put off by what they see in the other partner’s recent activity. A new “friend add” or new picture updates often trigger the imagined situation of a partner’s unfaithfulness. This then leads to insane jealousy and fear of the unknown and in turn, it impacts the relationship in a negative way.
Response:
I find this article extremely interesting due to the level of truth that it holds. I have seen this facebook jealousy impact numerous friends and even myself. This just raises the question, is there a reason that we are all acting this way? Or is facebook just taking the activity out of a person’s life and putting it in a negative context for everyone’s partner to worry about? I would like to see more interviews done on this specific topic to hear everyone’s shared concerns.
Usefulness:
The topic of facebook in general is a very broad due to the countless aspects that someone could choose to focus on. This concept of only knowing what someone wants you to know is very interesting to me, especially when it comes to romantic relationships. In a world where so many aspects of it have become to corrupt, it is only natural that we question things. My question is, do we really need another source to help us be inquisitive about our personal lives?
( I could not sticky note my original article because it was in PDF format but i found a similar one and cited that one instead)
http://www.diigo.com/09gs3
http://mashable.com/2009/08/09/facebook-relationship-jealous/
Review: by Tiffany Tanquary
The article, "Facebook at work problems growing, say employers," by Christopher Adams is a very compelling article. It is about how Facebook is not controlled in the work force. Therefore, employers are stating their personal feelings about their co-workers and employers online. Many times, more than most, these comments on facebook are negative. This gives the company a negative reputation and makes them look bad on a professional level. This article is also about how former employers, who have quit or have been fired, make up bad things and say horrible comments about their employers once they have left the company. This makes people not want to work there and is embarrassing to the employer in which they speak poorly about.
After reading this article, I have realized that facebook is not all fun and games. For me, Facebook is an enjoyment, where I can see what all of my friends are up to and contact people who do not live in the same town as me. But Facebook may have more negative impacts on society than positive. What would our world today be like without Facebook? Would it be drastically different? I think so. Facebook is brainwashing people of all ages, changing their opinions, advertising new products and ides, changing the way we think, speak, and communicate with others all around the world.
I believe this article is useful for this class because it is a great example of how you should not burn your bridges with others. Do not treat others poorly because people are capable of bad mouthing you and repeating things that you say to them on the internet. This also goes both ways. We need to learn to not say bad things about other or gossip about other people on the internet because it may interfere with their future jobs or careers. It is disrespectful and you would not want people to say bad things about you on the internet, so do not do it to others.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10625739
(my article, not sure what to do with it)
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Facebook!
molen7__This article, “Faecbook”, talks about the online social network that it is. Started by a Harvard college student, Mark Zuckerberg, this network has become a huge website for all ages, all around the world. With over 200 million users, Facebook has much to offer. Like most of us know, the site allows for users to create a profile, and from that profile share different things about them that they want others to know. Facebook has raised over $600 million since it was first started in 2004. Many people use this network because of all the features and items it has to offer, as well as its easy navigation for those who may not be as “internet savvy”.
The most interesting thing that I have learned about Facebook that not many people know is that Facebook was originally designed to be strictly a college student-networking site, where you had to have a legitimist college campus e-mail address. Without one, you could not create an account. Now, people of all ages have their own profiles! One thing about the article that confuses me is the question of where do all the funds to keep the site running come from? Facebook is free of charge, and doesn’t require any credit card information at all. I do know that they have advertisements all over the pages, but not one person that I know actually use those Ad’s.
I believe that this article is very useful. For someone who doesn’t know anything about Facebook or how it came to be, this article gives the summary information one would need to know to further understand the function of the network. There is also some information in the article that people may not know, even if they do have an account.
Facebook is one of the biggest used social networking web sites that we have to offer today. With over 200 million users, you have to know at least a few people online!
http://www.diigo.com/09bhx
Facebook: The New Classrooms Commons?
Review by: Janie Loberg
Summary: This article “Facebook: The New Classroom Commons?” by Harriet L. Schwartz is about Facebook as the social network and the questionable topic relating to academic contexts. Between personal and professional levels and the boundaries made in classrooms regarding the use of Facebook for school work.
Response: One thing I questioned about the article was that it seemed that it was written by an older woman who was writing how she felt about the topic, not relating it to any other age groups. She would talk about Facebook as a way to check up on her children and see old friends. But for the readers like me, Facebook means a whole different thing to me like being socially involved with my peers. Another point that she made very clear was the topic of Facebook relating to school work in the classrooms. I found it very interesting to realize that technology is changing so many ways that students actually connect with their teachers threw social networks as if we would talk to our close friends. I would like to know more about the classroom involvement with Facebook and maybe a survey of how many students would want to be friends with their teachers on Facebook or Myspace.
Usefulness: This article I found will defiantly help our class research because it’s a great connection between the school and social media that students use each day. More information could be even more helpful but this is a great surface to start with.Diigo Link: http://www.diigo.com/09d4v
Facebook: The New Classroom Commons? By: Schwartz, Harriet L., Chronicle of Higher Education, 00095982, 10/2/2009, Vol. 56, Issue 6
From: Academic Search Premier
< http://web.ebscohost.com.mantis.csuchico.edu/ehost/detail?vid=7&hid=3&sid=597f49d6-91d0-4ded-ab0e-c4c674a18f75%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=45006414>.
More Information than You Ever Wanted: Does Facebook Bring Out the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy?
REVIEW BY YESENIA ANGEL
Summary: This article was about how as the biggest most rapid online Phenomenon Facebook is changing the nature of social relationships. It suggests that Facebook may be responsible for creating jealousy and suspicion in romantic relationships. The article states that using Facebook exposes people to tons of information that they might not have access to and when they find out this information problems start to arise. You can see changes in your partner's profile, the pictures they are tagged in, who they are friends with, and the messages posted on their wall. Although the article mentions that Facebook has many positive aspects like connecting you to family, reuniting with long-lost friends, and it can even play a huge role in keeping a long distance relationship, the studies show that discussions with undergraduates points out that Facebook heavily affects their relationships and friendships. Amy Muise states in the article that "feeling jealous in a specific situation, such as imagining a partner committing infidelity, are generated by specific levels of emotional jealousy". This is just something that might happen when you are on your partners page and you feel a sudden jealousy and then you start thinking to hard and then you imagine them doing something totally wrong against you.
Response: I thought this article was interesting. I still wish I had more statistics or info to learn about if relationships being ruined because of Facebook. I found it interesting how they mentioned people become paranoid when reading their significant other's page and then that paranoia becomes jealousy. When that jealousy arises then they get mad and start a fight with their partner even if nothing is really happening. I guess I can say I can relate to this article because there has been times I've been questioned "Who's that?", "When did that Happen?" and so on. Jealousy over Facebook is so unnecessary sometimes. I know that many friendships get destroyed over Facebook and relationships too and that's why I enjoyed this article. I want to get into detail of why these things happen over status, other friends, and pictures. I was also wondering if identity had anything to do with this. Is it wrong that your girlfriend/ boyfriend doesn't want to change his status from "single" to "in a relationship"? I want to know more about the details of Facebook and it's affect on relationships.
Usefulness: This article related to what I was researching and it gave me some good info.
I thought it was too short, so it wasn't as helpful as I would've liked it to be. I can take what I read from this text and keep researching. This text should've helped introduce what I might be interested in researching for the rest of the semester.
Muise, Amy, Emily Christofides, and Serge Desmarias. "More Information than You Ever Wanted: Does Facebook Bring Out the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy?" More Information than You Ever Wanted: Does Facebook Bring Out the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy? (2009). Ebsco host. Web. 10 Feb. 2010.
<http://mantis.csuchico.edu/login?url=http:search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=43406729&site=ehost-live>.
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/delivery?vid=13&hid=112&sid=a9c7cefb-9ef4-4a66-adcc-7437019e9b00%40sessionmgr104
Summary on Intended Image on Facebook: "What Were They Thinking?"
In this article, with the link posted above, it talks about how popular Facebook has gotten with not only college students, but high school students, as well as older and younger people of age. It talked about how the many more employers are now looking on their prospective employee's profiles to see if they have any inappropriate images or posts of themselves on it. Many employers are scanning Facebook pages and making decisions based off the information they find, because they want to know that their employees will represent their business in a positive way. In the article, it also had statistics about what kind of inappropriate material can be found on pages, such as 42% had posts or comments about alcohol use, 53% had images with alcohol in them. 20% had comments regarding sexual activity, and 25% had sexually provocative photos. Today people and especially young people need to think about what they post on their Facebook and other websites, because the way they show their image on the web can be very hurtful to their image in person, when it comes to a job or anything else.
Summary Written By: Kelsey Dumas
Study Finds Link Between Facebook Use, Lower Grades in College
Review by: Jane Doe
Summary: The article “Study Finds Link Between Facebook Use, Lower Grades in College” is about how college students who use the popular website, Facebook, generally have lower GPAs than the students who do not use Facebook. One of the points that the author is making is that students who use Facebook do not study as much as people who do not participate in the site. The author backs this statement up by providing a statistic that states “users said they averaged one to five hours a week studying, while non-users studied 11 to 15 hours per week.” Another point that is made by the author is that college students who use Facebook have lower GPAs than students who do not use Facebook. This hypothesis is backed up by the statement, “Facebook users in the study had GPAs between 3.0 and 3.5, while non-users had GPAs between 3.5 and 4.0.
Response: This text raised a couple of questions for me. It made me wonder that if I cancelled my Facebook and even my Myspace account, maybe I would have better grades in college. I also wondered that if I were to delete my Facebook account, if I would discover some other activity to distract myself with. This is most likely the truth because like many other college students, we are always surrounded by numerous distractions. I live in the dorms, just like the majority of college freshman, which provides so many distractions. What I found interesting about this text was that the students majoring in science, technology, engineering, math, and business used facebook more than people who were majoring in humanities and social sciences. I would think that the people who were majoring in humanities and social sciences would use Facebook more because those people tend to be more social in my eyes. I also found it interesting that lower grades are supposedly the result of students socializing more online. What was confusing for me was that 79 percent of students claimed that Facebook did not have an impact on their academic performance. I tend to disagree, because I know that Facebook does impact my academic performance because I am so distracted when I am on facebook, and it makes me less likely to do my homework and study.
Usefulness: What I want to know more about is how adults are being distracted my Facebook. It is not just college students who are using Facebook; it is also adults. My mother uses Facebook and Twitter on a regular basis, and I am sure that it distracts her while she is at work. What we can make of this text is that we can use it to show evidence for how technology is distracting us and taking time away from time away from face-to-face socialization.
Grabmeier, Jeff. "Study Finds Link Between Facebook Use, Lower Grades in College". Ohio State University Research News. 7 October 2009 <http://www.researchnews.osu.edu/archive/facebookusers.htm>.
More Information than You Ever Wanted: Does Facebook
Bring Out the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy?
Amy Muise, M.Sc., Emily Christofides, M.Sc., and Serge Desmarais, Ph.D.
Abstract
Summary:
This text is about how the phenomena we all know as facebook is negatively impacting romantic relationships around the world. The idea of re connecting with a long lost friend seems like a great concept but what happens when your partner who lives thousands of miles away or even next door sees pictures of you with the opposite sex? Suspicion and jealousy are the two emotions normally pin pointed when this takes place. The authors have interviewed hundreds of undergraduates to confirm their hypothesis on this negative effect that facebook has. They have found that a partner is normally put off by what they see in the other partner’s recent activity. A new “friend add” or new picture updates often trigger the imagined situation of a partner’s unfaithfulness. This then leads to insane jealousy and fear of the unknown and in turn, it impacts the relationship in a negative way.
Response:
I find this article extremely interesting due to the level of truth that it holds. I have seen this facebook jealousy impact numerous friends and even myself. This just raises the question, is there a reason that we are all acting this way? Or is facebook just taking the activity out of a person’s life and putting it in a negative context for everyone’s partner to worry about? I would like to see more interviews done on this specific topic to hear everyone’s shared concerns.
Usefulness:
The topic of facebook in general is a very broad due to the countless aspects that someone could choose to focus on. This concept of only knowing what someone wants you to know is very interesting to me, especially when it comes to romantic relationships. In a world where so many aspects of it have become to corrupt, it is only natural that we question things. My question is, do we really need another source to help us be inquisitive about our personal lives?
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=10&hid=8&sid=70d6ad45-887b-40d1-9eba-413c422d5709%40sessionmgr13
Response by: Alissa Iaccino
Topic: Are social netowkring sites bad for kids?
Summary: My article talks about if Facebook, Myspace, Twitter or any other networking site is bad for children or not? Most parents fear their kids being on a social networking site for obvious reasons of safety. This article takes different opinions, of different parents (some celebreities), on social netowrking sites. Concluding with his opinion that social networking should not be banned for children just monitored.
Response: I would have to agree with the opinion of the author but also have a little of my own opinion too. I don't think kids younger than 13 should have a facebook or myspace or any type of social network. And if they do then i do agree that parents should have the right to monitor it. An argument made in the article was that social networking is the best way for kids to learn about the world. But I don't think that most kids now a day are going to be adding or even looking for kids around the world. They will be adding their friends or people who add them (who may or may not be real kids). The internet can be a good search engine to find out more about other cultures but I don't think many kids will be using it for that too unless it is for school or parents monitor them. Another point that I want to make is that social netowrking is not going to teach kids about the real world. Having a realationship over text or email is not the same as having a relationship based off seeing and knowing the person face to face. Social netowrking might be hurting kids social skilld that they will need for real life.
Usefullness: I think this article tells us a lot of what social networking may or may not be doing to children these days. And it give a lot of different opinions from a parents point of view.
http://www.diigo.com/09dm6
Response 2 by Alissa Iaccino
Topis: Are social networking sites bad for kids?
Summary: This article talks about two doctors opinions on the effects social networking has on children today. Both have different opinions on the effect and influence they have in a young kids life. One thinks that it is extremely dangerous and damaging the way we can begin and end relationships with a click of a button. And will also cause people to act out more to get the same thrills out of every day life, that they now find boring. The other doctor thinks that using social media is a better way to communicate because it is harder to talk to someone face to face and then no communcation happens.
Response: Well I would have to agree with the first doctor. I think that social networking should not be used by any child younger than 14 or 15. Maybe even 17. I think there are many problems with social networking and how it effects lives. For one relationships. Just like the doctor said, it is so easy to just burn bridges with people. Is that such a good thing? And is it making it harder for people to live in the real world without getting bored leading them to get hurt. I think so. If it is so hard to talk to strangers now a days and start a relationship with them it is because of the effect social media has had on us. And more so for young kids, is that they have no idea who they are talking to half the time. That should be every parents number one reason for monitouring or not allowing their kids to have social networking accounts.
http://www.diigo.com/09j11